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Figure 3

From: Ultrastructural localization of the likely mechanoelectrical transduction channel protein, transmembrane-like channel 1 (TMC1) during development of cochlear hair cells

Figure 3

Immunogold labelling of OHC stereocilia bundles from apical cochlear regions. Gold particles could not be detected at P3 but were present in small quantities, apparently randomly in the bundle (arrows) and on the kinocilium (arrowheads) at P6. By P9, gold particles were observed on the tips of stereocilia in a position coinciding with the lower end of the tip link (arrows, inset) and occasionally on the shafts (arrowheads). At P12 and P21 tip labelling continued to be present whilst shaft labelling was sparse (arrowheads). Some apical membrane labelling was detected at all ages, as seen for example at P9 (m).

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